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There may be many things for which you need to forgive your parents. But there are equally as many reasons why it will benefit everyone, according to psychologist and author Robert Karen. "It is the first step toward happiness, self-acceptance, and maturity."
Things you may want to forgive your parents for:
- Raising you through their own unresolved trauma
- Not having the capacity to fully understand you
- Not teaching you certain skills that they were never taught
- Being emotionally unavailable because their own parents were emotionally unavailable
- Following the cultural norms that surrounded them
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